I remember a time in middle school in one of my English classes, I had written an essay and got it back graded with feedback. While looking at the essay I was handed back, I didn’t know that the word “gonna” wasn’t a “word” and that it wasn’t “proper English”. I spent my whole time saying the word to friends and family and have never had someone, especially a teacher, correct me on this. I knew it meant “going to” but I just used it in my everyday English and thought it was okay to use when writing papers. I, obviously still use it till this day when communicating with friends, family or anyone, it just became a habit of saying.